Heirloom 510 Restoration

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  • TrappedinMD

    Active Member
    Dec 15, 2011
    856
    Western MD
    A couple weeks ago I went down with my dad to clean up my grandmothers property (spring cleaning) down in Virginia. After we got done working we ate lunch and my grand mother brought out two .22 rifles. One was a Remington 510 "Target Master" and that was my great grand fathers. The other was a Remington 514 which was my Grand fathers. My dad did some shooting when he was a boy but doesn't find it very interesting (he has a home defense shotgun but doesn't shoot for fun). So she gave them to me since I am very interested in guns, especially guns with historic value. The 514 was in rather decent shape apart from needing a good cleaning and to be lubed. The 510 on the other hand was in pretty rough shape and rather rusted. After cleaning and lubing both I determined that the 510 could really use a restoration to get rid of the pitting and brown patina look and the worn stock. I went ahead and stripped the 510 down to individual components (except the bolt I just disassembled and cleaned that) and sanded down the rust using the Birchwood Casey rust and blueing remover. Unfortunately there were some parts of the barrel that were pitted too deeply to sand out. After getting all the steel parts prepped I used the Birchwood Casey cold bluing kit with pretty good results. I will say it isnt as good as a "hot" factory blue but it gave better results than I was expecting. Next I used acetone to pull out the oils and gunk from the stock. I followed that up by using a wet rag and an iron to remove the dents from the wood. Then I lightly sanded the stock and applied 5 coats of Tru-Oil for a nice final finish. Tonight I finally got the 510 all reassembled and i think it came out pretty good!! This old rifle really has a nice feel to it, I'm excited to take this baby to the range :)
     

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    FrankOceanXray

    Ultimate Member
    Oct 29, 2008
    12,028
    Needs a red dot sight...



    Looks great. Family pieces like this are wonderful.

    Insert Aaron Lewis' "Granddaddy's Gun"
     

    TrappedinMD

    Active Member
    Dec 15, 2011
    856
    Western MD
    Thanks guys, no I havent got to the range with it yet. I want to wait and take my dad with me to shoot both of them. Figured he would get a kick out of it cuz he shot the 514 when he was a kid.
     

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